The University of Mississippi was the only in-state school to be featured on The Princeton Review’s annual list of best overall colleges.

Better known as Ole Miss, the Oxford university’s array of undergraduate programs and booming campus culture helped launch it onto the publication’s 2026 edition of “The Best 391 Colleges,” which was released earlier this week as 2025-26 academic calendars pick up.

The list of top colleges is not ranked, and schools are listed from A to Z. It was determined through student surveys with topics such as academics, athletics, financial aid, dorms, and food, among others, asked about.

“The colleges we profile in our ‘Best Colleges’ book are truly a select group. They constitute only about 15% of America’s nearly 2,400 four-year institutions,” The Princeton

See Full Page